November 8th, 2017 was a huge day for Michigan women's basketball. Kim Barnes-Aricos team did not

play that day. In fact, their season opener wasn't for another couple of days. But Michigan welcomed

a five-player class, and four of those players remain heading into their fourth seasons in Ann Arbor,

and their very well-known names. Amy Dilk, Nas Hillman, Emily Kaiser,

and Danielle Roush. They all officially committed to Michigan on that day, pen to paper.

Now, a while back, I learned a pretty valuable lesson about goals versus dreams. If you want to

accomplish a dream, don't just make it your goal.

Set short-term goals that can help lead you in the direction of your dream.

Then if you keep stacking enough of those goals together and accomplish them,

eventually your dream from a while back becomes a realistic goal.

I'm not sure exactly when in the growth of Michigan women's basketball, the Sweet 16 transitioned from a dream to an attainable goal.

But if you argued it was November 8, 2017, you could sway me, because these four players have expanded the possibilities for this program ever since they signed on the dotted line.

Of course, Dilk and Hillman have been two of the stars for this program, really ever since they got on the dotted line. Of course, Dilk and Hillman have been two of the

stars for this program, really ever since they got to Ann Arbor. For Roush, who we talked to a few

weeks back, and Kaiser, who will speak with this week, they've been contributors since arriving. They've

been key in the locker room since getting here, but they really feel like critical pieces to

the puzzle this season after

assuming big roles late last year.

Thanks to last season, some dreams for Michigan women's basketball have transitioned more

to goals as of late.

Final four, national championship.

Now, there are plenty of minor goals to accomplish before you can start thinking

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